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b-_®To illustrate his point, Harriman told me that the then Secre- efense Louis Johnson, despite his long and provefrtevotion, ws on his way out because the President suspected him of being on ’ too friendly terms with the generalissimo. In effect, it was a warn- _ing to be a conformist or risk following Louis Johnson. The inter- . View-was distasteful to me and Harriman probably recognized my -distrust. His prejudice could have resulted.” . Lod : - . Points Out Acheson Never Saw Asia ss Acheson gets a quick brushoff from the general—other than observing that Truman’s Secretary of State was frequently petulant -and impatient because the otcupation authorities in Japan did not “follow certain socialistic concepts” which the Fair Deal State Department wanted to impose on the Japanese people and noting ‘that Acheson, like Truman, “had never visited Asia and had no ; Personal knowledge of its special problems and was a complete stranger to Oriental psychology.” — -° . , . MacArthur adds tartly: - 7} although he himself states with cynical incorisistency that he had - definitely decided to relieve me.” : ; - - It is to Truman’s charge that he as President “could no longer tolerate his (MacArthur's) insubordination” . that the old general comes back with his most devastating answer. Writes MacArthur: “Over the years many conflicting reasons have been given by Mr. Truman or his supporters for my abrupt relief when victory was within our grasp. ow, for the first time, he bases ‘his action on what he terms ‘insubordination'—one of the most serious of all Military offenses and one which throughout odr military annals has never been made without the officer concerned being given a hearing and the opportunity to defend himself, - = “Indeed, the code which the Congress enacted to govern’ the Had Mr. Truman made such a.charge against me at the time of my relief or even later during his tenure of office, I would have had the “ ignores the fact that t ili superiors in the conduct of the Korean wer, un: under oath that I had ever been guilty of insubordination. denied Fo eee = + abet tee at ‘. “These were the four men with whom ‘the President conferred . military establishment specifically makes such a hearing mandatory, Fight and privilege to ask that a court of inquiry sit in judicial. judgment upon his allegations. But he made no such charge. ee This belated claim of insubordination is made by him, not as ‘a. public citizen but as a private citizen. In making it, he conveniently . @ members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, my animeously